Sight for shotguns.



PATENTED MAR. 15, 1904.

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SIGHT FOR SHOTGUNS; 'APPLIgATIoK FILED JUL: 11. 1203. Y

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A TTORHEY- Lin UNITED STATES Patented March 15, 1904.

PATENT @FFICE.

PAUL OTTO EL'I'I'IRICII, XE? YORK, N. Y., ASSlGh'OR 'lO MARIE ELI'ERICH, OF NIHY YORK, N. Y.

SIGHT FOR SHOTGUNS.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 754,920, dated March 15, 1904,

Application file-5 i=2; 11.1903/ .T 0 1;] Z whom. it lit-(Ly concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL Orro Ettrznicu, a

citizen of the United States of America. residing at New York city, in the county of ;\Q\\' i York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sights i for Shotguns, of which the followingisa specificatiou.

. My invention has reference to improve- I ments in shotguns, and particularly todoublebarrel shotguns, and has for it objcct to pro- 2 vide elieetive means for readilyand quickly Heretofore doul ile-barrel shotguns have generally been provided with 1 sighting the gun.

an upper rib intermediate of the barrels and extending throughoutthe length of the same and the rib being provided with a front sight.

It will readily be understood that in wing- 1 shooting the sighting must be rapid. and in case the marksman goesa little to the right or left on the upper rib at thebreech he is liable to miss the bird.

For the purpose of insuring accurate and quick aim under all circumstances I provide 5 the double-barrel gun with a lIXC-(I rib-sight extending. preferably, from thebreech to the muzzle and located centrally with respect to I a double-barrel shotgun provided with my i improved rib-sight. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the barrels.

sight to a singlediarrel gun.

blm lar letters and numerals of reference sex eml views of the drawings.

In single-barrel guns no upper rib is Fi 3 a cross- 5 SfLLAI'I illustrating the application of the ribnate corresponding parts throughout the Serial Ne. 165,099. (No model.

I In Figs. 1 and '2 of the drawings I have P shown a double-lmrrel shotgun having the usual upper rib 1/ intermediate of the barrels I. To this upper rib l immovably secure a rib-sight B, extending substantially throughout the length of the same and locate it centrally in respect thereto. At the muule end this rib-sightmay be provided with a front sight l. The rib-sight B may terminate a short distance from the muzzle or a short distance from the breech, or its length may be inf terrupted thatis. made in several sections its object being to enable the gunner to sight rapidly along the projecting ridge from the breech to the muzzle.

In Fig-3 I have shown the rib-sightB applied to a single-barrel gun. the same being of the same construction as that snown in Fig. 1' and 2 and applied directly to the barrel of the gun.

The rib-sightB may be either soldered to the upper rib A or afiixcd thereto by the use of metallic pins or screws in a usual manner, and its cross-section is about the same as that.

of the front sight 1.

'hat I claim as new is i 1'. In a double-barrel shotgun, the combination with the barrels and the connected upper rib, of a narrow up \\'ardlyprojecting ribsight immovably aflixed to the upper rib and extending substantially throughout the length of the barrels, substantially as and for the purpose,specilied.

5 .2. In a shotgun, a narrow upwardly-projecting rib-sight innnovably aliixcd and extending substantially the length of the barrel or barrels, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. t PAUL ()T'lt) ELTEHICIL l Witnesses:

RAENA H. Yummy, I R. B. BLomn-nm. 

